Fans Lose Money as “Three 6 Mafia” Rap Group Skips Concert
July 1, 2011 in Local Music by stagemaster
The company that promoted a concert with rap group “Three 6 Mafia” is providing some answers now to the hundreds of people who attended the concert last Saturday, only to find out the group was not there. The show was advertised on the radio for weeks in advance but not many would have guessed the group would simply not show up, certainly not the hundreds who paid big money for tickets. Hip Hop Group, “Three 6 Mafia” is probably best known for their radio hit, “Lolli”. If you haven’t heard it, your teenager probably has. The group also won an Oscar for their music in the 2005 motion picture, “Hustle & Flow”. Hundreds of local music lovers like Eva Gatica lined up to see them last Saturday, at Cabana Sports Bar & Grill in Midland. “I bought two tickets. Two VIP tickets”, says Gatica. Eva’s tickets were $50 dollars each. Cabana Sports Bar and Mexican Grille actually renovated their property specifically for this concert, taking down a wall and adding a VIP section providing enough room to accommodate the nearly 1000 concertgoers that showed up for the “Three 6 Mafia” concert Saturday. Things were going pretty well as people enjoyed their alcoholic beverages and listened to other musical groups until one in the morning. That’s when they realized Three-6 Mafia wasn’t going to perform. In fact, the group never even showed up. “They didn’t distinctly say they’re not going to be here. They said the party’s going to go on and after that the Sheriff’s Department came in and …

